Neil sighed and floated just above the forest floor. He was finally alone, and away from that annoying girl. The sun floated high in the sky, but the forest seemed dark and dangerous. it didnt seem to bother the seemingly young boy. He picked a spot underneath a huge tree and slowly sat down. he pulled a needle, a spool of thread, and a small doll out of his pocket, and began sewing. he was busy, and distracted, and didnt seem to notice the strange, beast-like sounds coming from the forest. It was coming.

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(It appeared to me that you like characters with a dark past, in the OC club. So, I've decided to enter with... her 0:) )

She was walking in the middle of the trees, so lost in her wandering thoughts that took her in other woods, in happier times, and on Islands far away, that she had not noticed yet that the surrounding had changed, and that she was not in the same forest anymore.
The first unusual thing she saw was a human boy, who was sitting underneath a tree and playing with a doll. He had not heard her approaching. Humans had such a bad sense of hearing, she thought. It was not often that she found a human wandering in her woods, and this child looked very young. Was he lost?She decided to step out of the darkness.

She was very tall and lean. Her face and upper body were completely hidden by a hooded cape. Her pants and boots seemed worn out, and only the beautiful rings she was wearing on her hands and her magnificent weapons, two blades and a golden bow, revealed that she was more than a vagabond.

"Who are you, and what are you doing here?" she asked the boy, with a soft female voice.

She would usually have been more threatening, but it was only a child.
It was at this exact moment she realized that she was not familiar with the landscape around her. She was almost sure that it was not simply because she was in a part of the woods she had not seen since dozens of years. Everything seemed differents. The trees, the smells, the sounds... Was she hearing beast sounds? Where was she, what sorcery was this?

"What is happening?"

She instinctively took her bow in her hand.

A youngish boy was walking through the forest. He had brown hair, and eyes of the same color. He was wearing lose fitting clothing, the shirt was mostly white, but along the bottom and the cuffs it was a orange color, white what looks to be wide Vs in a lighter orange color wrapping around. His pants, in comparison, were a band brown.

He looked a bit distracted, and was wandering aimlessly when he noticed the odd boy. He hadn't see anyone else ever since he had entered the forest, and he was about to head over when a strange lady showed up. He wasn't close enough to hear what she was saying, but when she drew here bow, he took pause, not sure if she should approach. There were also the strange noises, but that was more of a side note in his mind.

(descriptions of characters are frustrating)

The woman heard other noises. Footsteps. Was something approaching? She turned her head, ready to shoot if it was a beast, She relaxed a bit. It was another young human boy. His clothes were odd. She had never seen anything similar. He had a loose shirt, not very long, orange and white. Too orange and too white. What were two boys doing in this forest? It looked like he did not dare to approach because of the weapon she was holding.

"You can come. I do not kill children. What is your name?"


(Yes, descriptions can be frustrating to write^^ You did not have to make detailed description if you did not want too, though. I described her clothes because it's the only thing you can see since she's hiding her face. Considering how tall she is, people would probably not even realize she is a woman if they don't hear her voice :) )

He was a bit startled, although he didn't outwardly show it. He hadn't realized he had been noticed! He didn't move forward though, instead he slinked behind a tree, but not fully, before responding.

"My name is Imp," he said, while tangling his fingers in front of him. He was always a little bit anxious when talking with someone new.

"What's your name, and do you know that other boy? And why do you have those weapons?"

The child appeared to be shy, and was still afraid of her. He was right to be, she thought, even if she would not hurt him. Imp. It was an interesting name. She wondered if it was the name his parents are chosen from him or if it was a nickname.

"I do not know the boy. I thought he was with you."

There were two human children lost in this forest and they did not know each other. That was very strange.

"I have weapons to fight, and to hunt. The real question is why you are here and why you do not have any weapons with you. Woods can be dangerous."
She could barely recall a time when she did not have any weapons with her. She was carrying weapons since she was a child. Usually it did not surprise people. If he though she should not fight because she was a woman, she would show him how wrong he was! The possibility that he he could come from a place were carrying weapons was not something normal did not even cross her mind.

She had deliberately chosen to not answer to his first question yet. She was not sure of what was happening, and she would not easily reveal her identity to stangers, even if they where young and seemingly inoffensive.

After learning that the odd lady didn't know the boy, he looked like he wanted to say something, but decided against it. Instead, he focused on what she said next.

"I'm here because I got lost," he then seems to get slightly distracted before continuing, "Besides, it's not like all forests are dangerous, all the time."

Then he seems to get very distracted, and half mumbling to himself says, "Weapons? I had them, when? Where? Why don't I have them with me?" He repeated the word when a couple times to himself, while distractedly tracing a shape on his arm, but whatever he is tracing is hard to make out as he keeps stopping and restarting.

Then, with a surprisingly clear voice, despite him still being very distracted, he asks, "Can I call you Miline?"

She listen to the boy, and watched him with carefully. He was talking to himself, and tracing something on his arm. She wondered he was simply acting strangely or if he was doing something she could not understand.
His last question startled her. Why did he not ask for her name again? Did he know something? Did he realized that she had not answered to the question on purpose, and not only because she had forgotten about it?

"Miline?" she repeated, with tone which revealed her surpise. "Why do you want to call me by that name? Does it mean something in your tongue?"

It sounded nice and soft to her hears. She had been given many names during her life, but none of them were soft.

"Yes, I guess you can call me Miline." she answered.
"You are right. Not all forests are dangerous all the time, but some are, and the world is dangerous."

She had spent many years in forests, and was not afraid by them. She was a hunter. But she was still hearing the noises made by some beasts that were not deers or wild boars from afar, and she did not understand how she could be in part of her forest she did not recognize. It was disturbing.